Liberal Elitists

[GMDino]

(06-06-2019, 09:39 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Some Conservatives view Liberalism almost as a conspiracy.

They imply that it's bad that so many teachers and professors are liberal because they teach liberal thinking to children and young adults. And that makes them liberal elitists for thinking their liberal viewpoints/policies are better than conservative viewpoints. And yet they don't think sayings like "liberalism is a disease" are not equally elitist, somehow.

It makes me wonder why so many people who teach just happen to also be liberal. And, more importantly, if this is a systemic issue that is worth discussing.

My guess, knowing more than few teachers (many of whom I graduated or went to school with) is that they actually see and interact with such a cross section of society they get a better feel for what PEOPLE actually want and how they are.

Most of them work in public schools.  The areas/states vary wildly from local to California to Virginia and lots of places in between but I'd say the vast majority are liberal in the sense that they want policies that take care of the least among us and supports people rather than pushes them further down economically and socially.